þwirel

• þwiril

From Proto-West Germanic *þwiril, from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz, equivalent to þweran (“to stir, twirl”) +‎ -el. Cognate with Old High German thwiril, Old Norse þyrill (“whisk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθwi.rel/

þwirel m

1. (cooking) a stick for whipping milk, a whisk

Strong a-stem:

• āþweran (“to churn”)
• ġeþweran (“to stir or beat together until thick”)
• þwǣre f (“a tool for beating or stirring”)

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞWIREL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.